The scale of the planets and the Sun

17 years 11 months ago #27929 by dpower

The scale of the planets and the Sun was created by dpower

Found these images on Digg.com. Give a real sense of scale.

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17 years 11 months ago #27930 by voyager

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Those images are great .... really bring it all home!

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17 years 11 months ago #27931 by Seanie_Morris

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I think I could use those in my lecture Dave!

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17 years 11 months ago #27932 by dmcdona

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Excellent!

Now, where do I fit into that scheme...

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17 years 11 months ago #27956 by Seanie_Morris

Replied by Seanie_Morris on topic Re: The scale of the planets and the Sun

Actually, now that I see it like this, I never knew Saturn was that much smaller than Jupiter!

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17 years 11 months ago #27957 by albertw

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Actually, now that I see it like this, I never knew Saturn was that much smaller than Jupiter!

The rings make it look a lot bigger through the eyepiece.

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